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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1982
Page
1
A spree of suspicious fires struck Boston in five hours with eight blazes, seven suspicious and five under an hour in a 2 mile radius. Two firefighters were injured. one blaze remains of undetermined cause.
Out-of-work former Marion County Democratic chairman Knute Dobkins applies for unemployment in Indiana after self-appointing as county chairman and voter registrar. He earned 6000 dollars yearly and 20000 dollars in the latter post, both ended by his June election loss. State has 20 days to rule on 113 dollars per week for 26 weeks.
Mayor Michael E. O Connell fired Thomas Madru, chairman of the city police commission, for holding an executive session in a city hall bathroom. Madru recessed a meeting to discuss a grievance by a police officer, but reporters and another officer refused to leave, arguing the open meeting law required public discussion. The mayor said he would nominate a replacement soon.
14 demonstrators faced fines and jail by U S District Court after attempts to block the USS Ohio on its way to Bangor. Nine were charged with disobeying Coast Guard orders and five with violating a security zone. they face up to five years and $50,000 fines if convicted.
Rear Adm. Walter Locke was relieved as head of the Pentagon cruise missile program amid cost and production problems in a multi billon dollar effort. Navy officials cited quality-control deficiencies and delays in two Tomahawk variants, with the program to correct faults under way and no official comment issued.
Weather brief notes partly cloudy night with a low of 50 to 55 and sunny day ahead near 75 to 80. Two motorists drown in Missouri floods as torrential storms inundate Kansas City area with up to a foot of rain and hundreds evacuated. Record lows in Chicago and New Jersey. waterlines broken in Lake Havasu City. Utah bridge collapse. Lt Watts cites worst flooding since 1977. Also records in Sault Ste. Marie, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Atlantic City. daily temps and humidity listed. Air quality index 31 Good.
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